The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's genitourinary disability, including left scrotal pain residuals of epididymitis, finding that it is at least as likely as not related to his time in service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's current genitourinary disability was related to his in-service treatment for epididymitis and urethral stricture, with the opinion supporting this conclusion being equally probative.
- Claimed conditions
- genitourinary disability, left scrotal pain residuals of epididymitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 6, 2019
- Citation
- 19160551
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a genitourinary disability due to insufficient evidence of a current disability.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for a gynecological disability, gastrointestinal disability, and genitourinary disability as they were part of an appeal that was already pending.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for left knee patellofemoral syndrome and chondromalacia, primary insomnia, PTSD, and major depressive disorder. The appeal concerning presumptive service connection for a mental illness for treatment purposes only under 38 U.S.C. § 1702 was dismissed.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a genitourinary disability as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine disability due to a lack of evidence showing that the genitourinary disability was caused or aggravated by the lumbar spine disability.
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